POH Podcasts
Dr. Richard Bell, author of STOLEN
After delivering a well-received talk at DC’s Remember the Pearl 2023 commemoration, Port of Harlem (POH) magazine printed an excerpt from Dr. Richard Bell's STOLEN.
The book tells the story of five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home. Both events took place during the Reverse Underground Railroad period.
POH publisher Wayne Young talks with Bell about this period and its affect on Blacks then and now on our next POH Podcast.
Health/COVID-19
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Events
San Dimas/Los Angeles
Ghana Association Summer Picnic
Sat, Jul 1, 11a
Frank G Bonelli Regional Park
46 Paddingstone Dr., Parking $12/car
Art
Gary
2023 High School Educators Biennial
Indiana University Northwest School of the Arts
3415 Broadway
now until Jun 30, 2023, Mon & Thu from 1p-5p
Gary
Celebrating the Beauty of the Indiana Dunes
Artists' Talk
Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts
540 S. Lake Street
Sun, Jul 2, 2p, free
Rockville, MD
Black Artists of DC
Artists & Makers Studios
11810 Parklawn Drive, Suite 210
Thu, Jul 6-Wed, Jul 26
Boston
MFA Boston
Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina
now to Sun, Jul 9
Chicago
Diaspora Stories: Selections from the CCH Pounder Collection
DuSable Museum
740 E. 56th Place
Sun, Jul 16, $
San Francisco
Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence
de Young
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
now until-Oct 15, $
Books
Gary
Super StoryHour at the Park
Marquette Park Playground Committee
Marquette Park Playground
Weds, May 31–Thu, Aug 30, 10a-noon
free bag lunches, city transportation
Washington, DC
National Book Festival
Washington Convention Center
Sat, Aug 12, 9a-8p
Business
Online
Website Storytelling Virtual Learning Intensive
Hub Baltimore
Part 1 - Mon, Jul 17, 9:30a-12p
Part 2 - Mon, Jul 24, 9:30a-12p, free
Conscious Capitalism
How a Guaranteed Income Pilot Program is Helping Some in Gary, Indiana
PBS NewsHour
The 5 Reasons Why The "United States Of AFRICA" May Fail
Conferences
Nairobi
Nala Feminist Collective
2nd Nalafem Summit
Safari Park Hotel & Casino
Jul1, 8a-Jul 2, 9:30p EAT, free
Seattle
2nd Annual Rudd's R.U.B.B Initiative Black Business Leadership Conference
University of Washington Hub
4001 E Stevens Way NE
Husky Union Building
Sat, August 19, 2023, 10a-4p
Dance
Philadelphia
Bailar En FDR Glow Party 2.0 (Bachata & Salsa)
FDR Park Boathouse
Fri, Jul 21, 7:30p–12a
Election 2022
How Close Were House Races? A Few Thousand Votes Could Have Swung Control
Environment
Events
Ndola, Zambia
57th Zambia Int’l Trade Fair 2023
Trade Fair Grounds
Jun 28-Jul 4, 10a-6p
Brooklyn
International African Arts Festival
Commodore Barry Park
Flushing Ave
Sat, Jul 1-Tue, Jul 4, noon-8p
Seneca Falls, NY
175th anniversary of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention Commemoration
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Fri, Jul 21-Sun, Jul 23, 2023
San Dimas/Los Angeles
Ghana Association Summer Picnic
Sat, Jul 1, 11a
Frank G Bonelli Regional Park
46 Paddingstone Dr., Parking $12/car
Washington
Religious Tribute for Bishop Yao K. R. Cheeks, D.D.
Inner Light Ministries United Church of Christ -DC
5200 Temple Hill Rd
Temple Hills, MD
Sat, Jul 1,· 1p-3p, $30
Exhibits
Jackson, MS
This is Home: Medgar Evers, Mississippi, and the Movement
(In observance of the sixtieth anniversary of his death)
Two Mississippi Museums
222 North St
now until-Jun 30
Philadelphia
Pool: A Social History of Segregation?
The Fairmount Water Works
640 Water Works Drive
Philadelphia, PA
now until-Sep 30, free
Philadelphia
Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia
101 South Third Street
Philadelphia
now until Sun, Nov 26
Washington, DC
We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC
Martin Luther King Library
9 & G Street, NW
now until-Sep 15, 2024
Macon, GA
Tyler Perry Exhibition
Tubman Museum
310 Cherry Street
Now until Feb 2025
Festivals
Aachen, Germany
Afrowise Festival
Burg Frankenbur
Sat, Jul 8-Sun, Jul 9
Chicago
Ghanafest
Washington Park
5600 S. Russell Dr
Sat, Jul 29, 11a-10p
Gary, IN
Gary Air Show
Marquette Park @ Lake Michigan
Sat, Aug 5 and Sun, Aug 6
A United Kingdom (released Nov 26)
History vs. Hollywood Findings
Film
Jackson, MS
Food Apartheid
Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center
528 Bloom St,
Thu, Jun 29, 6p, Free
Washington, DC
Film Screening: Faith in Blackness: An Exploration of AfroLatine Spirituality
National Museum of African American History & Culture
Oprah Winfrey Theater
1400 Constitution Ave
Sat, July 1, 11a-1:05p
Indianapolis
Indy Shorts International Film Festival
Indianapolis and online
Tue, Jul 18-Sun, Jul 23, $
Health
Bakau, Kanifing Municipality, The Gambia
Walk4Health-The Gambia
Every Sat, 7:30a
Independence Stadium
Human Diversity
Best African Dads In The World: Meet The Aka Pygmy Fathers
4 African Cultural Traditions Travelers Can Participate In- Wodaabe Warriors The Meaning of Mahu
(In Native Hawaiian and Tahitian cultures are third gender people with traditional spiritual and social roles within the culture, similar to Tongan fakaleiti and Samoan fa'afafine)
A Black Woman with White Skin Struggles To Fit In With Society
Woman Challenging Zakir Naik on Polygamy
Pastress Aggie About Her Ministry as A Transgender Pastor In Uganda
Farmer
Ellis Bell
Bell, POH publisher Wayne Young’s paternal uncle, discusses his journey as a farmer, insurance agent, and founder of a non-profit that introduces young Americans to agricultural careers.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Schooling Joe Rogan on Africa's Greatness
The “Deviant” African Genders That Colonialism Condemned
From West African Fulani braids to Southern Africa’s Bantu Knots, we explore Africa’s rich history and connection to hair braiding
History
SNCC Digital Gateway
(A documentary website that tells the story of how young activists in SNCC united with local people in the Deep South.)
In Memoriam
Charles L. Blockson
Music
Baltimore In-person/online
Kenny Garrett & Sounds From The Ancestors
Keystone Korner Baltimore
1350 Lancaster Street
Fri, Jun 30, 7p and 9:30p, $
Washington, DC
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St., SW
Every Friday night, from 6p-9p
Monday Night Blues
Admission $10 -- Children under 16 are
FREE Food and Beverages available 5:30p-8:45p
Religion
Online
Atheists Late Night
Atheists In Kenya Society
Fridays, 4p-5p
Reparations
Curricular Resources:
Reparations Math and Reparations History
The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations ask you to call 202-456-1111, White House Comments Line, and ask Biden to sign an Executive Order to standup a commission to implement HR40 and study Reparations for American Blacks.
Philadelphia Joins Several Others Cities and States Exploring Reparations
Shopping/Restaurants
Washington, DC
Anthony Driver Designs
Jewelry Maker
Eastern Market – next to first door
225 7th St, SE
Sats, 8a-6p, Sun 8a-5p, free
Washington, DC
The Black Saturdays CO-OP and Farmers Market
APPEAL
2015 Bunker Hill Road, N.E.
Sat, Jul 1, 1p-5p
Nairobi
Eid Bazaar
NextGen Mall
Sat, Jul 1 – Sun Jul 2, 10a-7p, $
Gary
Miller Beach Farmers Market
Every Sunday,11a-1p, May 15-Sep 26
starting Sun, Jun 4
667 S Lake St
Shopping/Restaurants
Washington, DC
Anthony Driver Designs
Jewelry Maker
Eastern Market – next to first door
225 7th St, SE
Sats, 8a-6p, Sun 8a-5p, free
Technology
ChatGPT Tutorial - A Crash Course on Chat GPT for Beginners
Television/Online
Richard III
PBS
Great Performances
See
Watch Full Episode
My Journey To 50
Gabrielle Union's travels to Africa
BET+
Premiering on Thu, Jun 15
After Sherman
PBS
premiere on TV, Mon Jun 26, 10p
stream free until Wed, Jul 26, at pbs.org,
and the PBS App
In After Sherman, filmmaker Jon-Sesrie Goff visits his ancestral hometown Georgetown, South Carolina, a community deeply rooted in Gullah Geechee customs to investigate the cultural and spiritual rituals that bind people together in that region.
Pluto TV
Theater
Chicago
The Real Housewives of Motown
Black Ensemble Theater
4450 North Clark Street
Mon, May 28-Sun, Jul 9
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
Woolly Mammoth Theatre
641 D St NW
Mon, May 29-Sun, Jun 25
Washington, DC
Mosaic Theater
1333 H Street, NE
Thu, Jun 1-Sun, Jun 25
Young Adults
The Crayon Box that Talked
Read Africa Aloud
Features author readings with classroom applications and fun activities for children.
‘Sky Girls Kenya’: Born to Fly - Citizen TV and YouTube 'The show chronicles the day-to-day life of the teenage characters living in Nairobi and coping with the everyday challenges from to HIV.
